Horse-drawn carriages crunch along the roads of Kyoto City, San Jose's famous Emperor's Avenue, which connects several counties along the banks of the Morro River and passes through Kyoto Castle to the Red Castle.

In Kyoto City, Emperor Avenue is lined with the most prosperous commercial districts, and under the tall and beautiful cherry trees, it is bustling with people. However, the Earl of Norton in the carriage did not seem to be in the mood to look, and he kept staring at the bag containing the papers in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

Passing through the business district, there is still some distance to the small hill where the Red Fort is located, which is a large square called "Victory Square". During the Double Day Festival, a big party is held here, but usually it is empty and unpopular. The Guards will guard all sides and keep ordinary civilians out of the way.

However, due to the war, a large number of guards were not in Kyoto Castle, and a small number of remaining personnel were guarding Red Fort Castle, so it was even more unpopular.

The carriage slowly drove into Victory Square, because it was still early in the morning, and it was not as noisy as the business district, and the Earl of Norton did not know what was going on, and suddenly his heart moved, and he thought of his ally General King. Later investigations revealed that he was also in a carriage like this, slowly driving into a neighborhood under the darkness of the night, and then attacked by the Assassins.

Earl Norton smiled helplessly, what happened today, how could he suddenly think of General King's death. This is Kyoto City, not San Jose. However, sometimes the sixth sense of man is so magical, although Norton himself thinks he is cranky, but when a deep sigh rings in his ears, it still startles Earl Norton.

"Hey, why are you here?" the sigh was so deep and yet so close that it felt like it was ringing in your ears. The Earl of Norton stood up with a stirring spirit, and slammed his head against the roof of the carriage without noticing. "Peng" sounded, only to hear the coachman in front of him ask with concern, "Lord Earl, what's wrong with you?"

"No, no, it's okay......" Norton stammered, he was a little suspicious, obviously in the carriage, what was going on, who was talking. After scrutinizing it around, Norton, who had found nothing, sat down in the carriage in a gloomy manner.

However, it was indeed not his delusion, and the voice sounded again, "Hey, what a pity, why did you come to Kyoto City?" This time, Earl Norton heard it more truly, but he still couldn't find the voice to help. After a few moments, he knew that there was no need to look for it.

In front of Earl Norton, a small black object appeared, out of thin air, and the black object did not look like the real thing at all, but rather a little like "magic?"

"Ahh

I only felt that my eyes were dark, and the Earl of Norton knew nothing.

At the head of the wall of Red Fort City not far away, a mysterious man withdrew his movements and let out a long sigh of relief. Quietly thought for a while, "Hey, poor old man, I don't enjoy my old age, I came here, and the great cause of the organization can't be stopped by you." ”

"Master Mage!" A voice sounded behind him, and a soldier in full armor approached the mysterious man, "Master Mage, you can't stay here for a long time!" The mysterious man hurriedly bowed and saluted, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just suddenly had an understanding of magic, and I can't help it, I'll leave." ”

The soldier on duty nodded, Victory Square is not completely forbidden to anyone to enter, especially the one in front of him who looks like a nobleman. Seeing that the other party apologized and left in time, the soldier didn't say much, he didn't expect that just now, he had missed an assassin lurking inside San Jose. Of course, that's all for later.

The Earl of Norton's carriage was sealed, and the coachman staggered as he drove it, unaware of what was happening in the carriage behind him. The magical black spherical object, which seemed to have the effect of insulating sound, made the coachman not even aware that something had happened to the Earl of Norton.

The carriage drove slowly to the end of the Emperor's Avenue, which was already under the Red Fort. San Jose's Foreign Secretary, Lord Langton, was already waiting outside the city, followed by several San Jose's diplomats and court eunuchs, all of whom were waiting to lead Earl Norton into the Red Keep, after all, the old man had been Desik's prime minister.

The coachman slowly opened the door, and then time seemed to stand still, and the coachman did not move for a long time, completely frozen.

Lord Langton and the court eunuch glanced at each other, not knowing what was happening, and just as they wanted to step forward, they saw that the coachman seemed to have seen a ghost, and screamed in surprise, "Ah!!!" took a few steps back and then sat down on the ground, and the whole person lost his strength.

Lord Langton hurriedly stepped forward to hold the coachman, and then looked into the carriage.

Oh my God, what a sight he saw.

There was no figure of Earl Norton in the carriage, and on the ground was a pair of calves severed near the knees, crossed over each other, with half a head resting on top of them.

The skull was only half-skewed, and from a neat incision near the nose, half of the head was left on the calf, and the eyes were wide as if they had seen a terrible sight.

Although there was only half a head left, Lord Langton vaguely recognized the head of the Earl of Norton from the black hair.

This strange scene in the carriage, two mutilated lower limbs, with half a head resting on them, and the rest of the body completely disappeared. What's even more exaggerated is that the blood in the Earl of Norton's body seems to be gone, and the whole carriage is a little too neat.

Despite his well-informed, Lord Langton was a little weak in his legs. "What's the matter, Lord Langton!" The voice of the court eunuch sounded behind him, he had come to greet the Earl of Norton on behalf of the Emperor of Benin, and seeing that Lord Langton was also stupid, he couldn't help but ask.

Lord Langton hesitated, then turned and yelled at the nearby Guards, telling everyone to close the scene and all the officers on duty to assemble here. "Lord Steward", and then glanced at the palace eunuch.

The palace eunuch understood, and immediately asked all the other ministers behind him to leave, and walked to Langton's side alone, and looked into the carriage.

Similarly, the palace eunuchs were scared half to death.

There is no way, no one dares to say that they have ever seen the scene in there.

Lord Langton grabbed the coachman on the ground, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" cried the coachman, "I don't know!

"It's true that the coachman didn't do it, he can't do it!" Soon after, the cabinet ministers of the Imperial Council and several court magicians gathered around the carriage of the Earl of Norton. Two squadrons of Guards soldiers had surrounded half of Victory Square, and the coachman was tied to the side.

Archmage Merlin grimaced, carefully examining everything in the carriage. After taking a closer look, he reached out and took half of Earl Norton's head, and turned it upside down, the cut neatly cut and smoother than any sharp sword. Lower your head and pick up another lower limb, and the same goes for it.

Merlin's findings were also noticed by several cabinet ministers, "Lord Merlin," the chief minister, Berish, asked in a low voice, "this is not like a wound of a sword, it is so neat, and it is in a closed carriage." ”

"I know what you're trying to say, such a thick sour and rancid smell is clearly the work of a dark mage. Merlin nodded, "Looks like this Earl of Norton knows more than we thought." Merlin sighed as he put down his lower limbs in his hand to check.

"What now, Lord Merlin, do you want the court magician to investigate thoroughly?"

In the chamber of the Imperial Council, the cabinet ministers, the court magicians, and the Emperor of Benin were all there, and no one spoke, and the atmosphere was somewhat dull.

"It's no surprise that the infiltration of the Dark Rising in various countries is no secret, I just didn't expect them to dare to be so bold as to do this under the noses of the court magicians. "The investigation has come to an end, the Guards will be in charge of disposing of the body of Earl Norton, and several of his subordinates have been brought into the Red Keep. But it doesn't end there.

According to the investigation, the coachman did not notice anything wrong at all. Attacking Earl Norton is a kind of spatial magic, and the spatial magic itself has the effect of isolating space, and the sound naturally cannot be transmitted. Strictly speaking, Count Norton was not killed, but a part of his body was swallowed by another dimension and disappeared into our world. However, due to the size of the carriage, the space magic was not large enough, so it only swallowed a part of the Earl of Norton......" The court magician explained the results of the investigation.

The Emperor of Benin hid his face and wiped some cold sweat, "Talking so much, it's still a means of killing, it's too scary." Merlin ...... "Merlin understood what the Benin Emperor meant, "I will ask the court magicians to thoroughly investigate the inside and outside of the Red Keep, and at the same time increase the magic enchantment of the Red Keep's city defenses. Be of good cheer, my majesty. ”

Benin nodded, agreeing with Merlin's approach, and turned to ask the cabinet ministers in charge of the investigation, "Is there any clue left, didn't he want to provide us with any information?"

Baerichy shook his head, "According to Earl Norton's subordinates, Norton brought a bag containing documents with him when he came, but we didn't find this bag at the scene, and it should have been destroyed by magic. This is a secret that his subordinates do not know. So, what Earl Norton wants to offer, I'm afraid no one knows. ”

Silence returned to the scene, and after a long time, Benin thought for a while, "The dark mage is so rampant, Merlin, I'm afraid that something will happen to the front line, you go and pick up the court mage on the front line, and at the same time, I will order Mosik to come back, and the front line battle will be suspended in advance." We are not prepared for the rise of darkness. ”

"Yes, my majesty!" Merlin bowed and left. Outside Kyoto City, the great magician and the messenger left one after the other.